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LOT 1111
Luristan Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt with Crescent Pommel
14TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.
17 1/4 in. (322 grams, 44 cm).
A short sword or dagger with slender triangular blade, low round midrib with flat upper face, annular guard and remains of scooped shoulders, columnar grip with open sides to receive bone or wooden hilt, crescent pommel.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Cf. Khorasani, M.M., Arms and Armour from Iran. The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, items 41 and 42.
FootnotesThese kind of bronze daggers or dirks, typical of Marlik culture, were cast in a one piece mould according to Negahban, although in some specimens the penannular guard was cast later into the blade. The separate sets of encircling ribs on the grips are again typical of swords from the Marlik area.
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LOT 1111
Luristan Bronze Short Sword with Integral Hilt with Crescent Pommel
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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